See also

Family of Arthur John Potter and Pamela Abrahams

Husband: Arthur John Potter

  • Name:

  • Arthur John Potter2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Potter (1843?-1925)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Ann Mann (1839-1910)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • railway horse keeper then a dock labourer3,4,5

  • Birth:

  • 2 Dec 1878

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England2,3,4,6,7

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 2)

  • 65 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living with his parents John and Elizabeth, and sisters Louise, Grace, Mabel, Sally and Violet. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 12)

  • 27 College Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents John and Elizabeth, and sister Violet. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 22)

  • 17 Grafton Crescent, Kentish Town, London, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a railway horse keeper and living in two rooms with his wife Pamela, and niece Pamela Abrahams. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 32)

  • 132 Ling Road, Canning Town, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a registered dock labourer for the Port of London Authority and living in four rooms with his wife Pamela, step-daughter Pamela Abrahams, sons Arthur and Leslie, and daughter Violet. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 60)

  • 104 Ling Road, Canning Town, Essex, England5

  •  

  • a married permanent labourer living with his wife Pamela. Born on 2nd December 1878

  • Death:

  • Q2 1958 (age 79)

  • West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England8

Wife: Pamela Abrahams

  • Name:

  • Pamela Abrahams1,9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • electric light factory hand10

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1873

  • Poplar, Middlesex, England3,4,9,10,11

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • 4 Steven Acre, Poplar, Middlesex, England11

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents William and Pamela, and brothers William, James and Henry. Born in Poplar Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 17)

  • 24 Brettenham Avenue, Edmonton, Middlesex, England10

  •  

  • unmarried sister working as an electric light factory hand and living with her brother James, his wife Jessie, niece Jessie, nephews James and Henry, and a boarder. Born in Poplar London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 26)

  • 17 Grafton Crescent, Kentish Town, London, England3

  •  

  • married wife living in two rooms with her husband Arthur, and niece Pamela Abrahams. Born in Poplar London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 37)

  • 132 Ling Road, Canning Town, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Arthur, daughter Pamela Abrahams, sons Arthur and Leslie, and daughter Violet. Born in Poplar London and married for ten years with four children, three of whom are still living

  • Death:

  • 7 Apr 1952 (age 78)

  • Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex, England12,13

  • Probate:

  • 23 May 1952

  • Probate Registry, London, England13

  •  

  • of 104 Ling Road Canning Town London E.16 (wife of Arthur John Potter) died 7th April 1952 at Goodmayes Hospital Ilford Essex, administration of effects of £154 2s 11d (~£4,400 in 2017) to the said Arthur John potter retired labourer

Child 1: Arthur Edward Potter

  • Name:

  • Arthur Edward Potter

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1902

  • Poplar, London, England4,14

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 8)

  • 132 Ling Road, Canning Town, Essex, England4

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Pamela, half-sister Pamela Abrahams, brother Leslie, and sister Violet. Born in Poplar London

Child 2: Violet May Potter

  • Name:

  • Violet May Potter15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Alexander Barker Twitchett (1909-1994)

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1905

  • Poplar, London, England4,15

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 132 Ling Road, Canning Town, Essex, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Pamela, half-sister Pamela Abrahams, and brothers Arthur and Leslie. Born in Poplar London

  • Death:

  • Q4 1938 (age 33)

  • Essex "South Western Registration District", Essex, England16

Child 3: William John Potter

  • Name:

  • William John Potter17,18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1908

  • Poplar "Registration District", London, England17

  • Death:

  • Q4 1908 (age 0)

  • West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England18

Child 4: Leslie George Potter

  • Name:

  • Leslie George Potter19,20,21

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 10 May 1909

  • Canning Town, Essex, England4,19,20,21

  • Baptism:

  • 28 May 1909 (age 0)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Barking Road, Canning Town, Essex, England20

  •  

  • son of Arthur John Potter (dock labourer) and Pamela of 132 Ling Road

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1)

  • 132 Ling Road, Canning Town, Essex, England4

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Pamela, half-sister Pamela Abrahams, brother Arthur, and sister Violet. Born in Canning Town Essex

  • Death:

  • 24 Feb 1974 (age 64)

  • St. Albans "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England21,22

  • Probate:

  • 4 Apr 1974

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England22

  •  

  • of 11 Saxon Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire died 24th February 1974, probate of £2,216 (~£20,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Pancras 1901 quarter:1 volume:1b page:142. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1879 quarter:1 volume:4a page:577. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:134 folio:129 page:28 schedule:241. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:9512 class:RG78 piece:508 registration district:188 sub-district:4 enumeration district:42 schedule:355. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1040J page:10 line:30 letter code:CBUH. Cit. Date: 7 March 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1842 folio:124 page:35 schedule:1065. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1450 folio:118 page:17 schedule:112. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1958 quarter:2 volume:5a page:552. Cit. Date: 12 March 2022.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Poplar 1873 quarter:4 volume:1c page:693. Cit. Date: 12 March 2022.

10.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1081 folio:155 page:49 schedule:302. Cit. Date: 12 March 2022.

11.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:509 folio:120 page:5 schedule:1064. Cit. Date: 12 March 2022.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ilford 1952 quarter:2 volume:5a page:287. Cit. Date: 12 March 2022.

13.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1952 page:511. Cit. Date: 12 March 2022.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Poplar 1902 quarter:3 volume:1c page:612. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

15.

Ibid. Poplar 1905 quarter:2 volume:1c page:571. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Essex South Western 1938 quarter:4 volume:4a page:247. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Poplar 1908 quarter:1 volume:1c page:588. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1908 quarter:4 volume:4a page:69. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1909 quarter:2 volume:4a page:225. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

20.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Canning Town Holy Trinity baptisms 1908-1910 ref:D/P 515/1/8 page:82 entry:735. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Albans 1974 quarter:1 volume:4b page:746. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.

22.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1974 page:7152 no:742803873G. Cit. Date: 6 March 2022.